Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.


MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
"Our New Navy will be des-
cribed and illustrated in the Sep
tember number of The American
Magazine by Lieut. w. S. Hughes,
U. S. n. From the accurate de-
tails given of the capacity and
power of the new ships, the reader
will be enabled to judge for him
self how far they may serve in
solving the problem of our naval
defence.
Independent On Wednesday
last some of the small boys of Ato-
ka caught a monstrous shovei-bill
cat in Boggy creek, measuring 5
feet two inches in length. The
fish had made its way into shallow
water and the boys drove it onto a
shoal, where they succeeded in
capturing it. This is the first
specimen Of the kind we have seen
in these waters.
Miner and Mechanic w. T.
Fleming and J. +. Gould, came
into Neosho on Tuesday last on
their bicycles. having made the
trip from Philadelphia since the
first of May. Their last DAYS
work was from Mt Vernon to Neo-
sho, 40 miles, which they easily
covered in one day. Their aver
age travel since they started has
been at the rate of "a miles per
day. Mr.. Fleming visited Nc
Donald county on Wednesday,
his father owning a quantity of
land near Splitlog. These young
men will return home via. Joplin
to Kansas City.
1t is probable that in the event
of war an auxiliary navy would be
called into service from the regu-
lar lines of American steamers.
These would be armed with a few
Of the small, high-powered modern
guns and turned into commerce
destroyers." With the object of
ascertaining the number and speed
of such merchant steamers as
could be quickly transformed into
lightly armed cruisers, a series of
investigations have been recently
made at the instance Of the gov
ernment. The results show that
there are now sixty-nine vessels
that would be available as an aux
iliary naval force. OF these eleven
are capable of maintaining a speed
Of 10 knots per hour fifteen, a
speed of II knots sixteen, 13
knots eleven II knots and six
teen a speed of II knots per hour.
American Magazine for Sep
tember.
"Boy Arrow Point, on Lake
Champlain, and the American Ca
noe Association, " by +. G.. Mather,
in Frank Le5lie's Monthly for Au.
gust, is acceptable reading; and En-
lily Pierce tells US Of the general
charms of the famous New York
lake. A. V. Abbott, in his "Luxu-
rious Railroading," lets us into
the secret Of the manufacture and
cost Of the magnificent cars which
make American travel such a COM
fort and delight. J. II. Lee Hol-
combe, U. S. n, gives a pleasant
account of Kang-wa, a Corean
town he visited, while Anna l..
Ward carries us 10 an island very
near us, yet little known 20 most
people-"Prince Edward ISLAND" j"
g. l.. Morton, initiates us into
the mysteries OF Polo-playing !;
and if sport allures us, we can dis
cuss Rocky Mountain Game
birds" with + NJ. Endlich. "Curi-
Gus Stories Of World famous Dia-
monds," stories by Mrs. Gener-
al Lew Wallace, Amanda NJ.
Douglas, Eta w. Pierce, f. b.
Hallowell, and others, make this
a specially attractive Summer
number.
The September number Of Frank
Leslie's Sunday Magazine brings
together a large number OF pleas =
ant articles combining instruction
and entertainment, and all breath
ing forth a high moral spirit,
though carefully avoiding the
teaching Of any special religious
doctrines. Among the important
articles may be found one by Wal
ter Edgar McCann on "The Rise
aud Growth Of our National Capt.
tal," which is fully illustrated
with portraits Of views Of the City
of Washington and those who have
made il famous. "The DomesdGy
Book of William the Conqueror," "
is a curious excursion into the
fields Of archaeology, and a fac
simile Of a page of the famous
book is shown. "Our Sweetheart"
is tender sort story by Mrs Deni-
son. Professor Proctor discourses
learnedly on the "Origin of Mete-
ors and Comets" f" and G. #. Hol-
den on "The Monster Sea-serpents
Of the Cretaceous Seas Several
very beautiful full.page illustra-
tions are given, reproduced from
famous modern paintings. DR..
Talmage contributes a stirring ser
mon on "The Secret Society,"" and
discusses timely matters editorial